After teaching a class on global trends associated with infectious diseases, which of the following statements would demonstrate to the instructor that the class needs additional teaching?
A) "Smallpox has been eradicated."
B) "Polio has been eliminated."
C) "Malaria is currently endemic."
D) "There is worldwide spread of cholera."
B
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